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80 May my heart be blameless in your statutes,
    so that I may not be put to shame.

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80 May I wholeheartedly follow(A) your decrees,(B)
    that I may not be put to shame.(C)

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Concluding Exhortation

16 “This very day the Lord your God is commanding you to observe these statutes and ordinances, so observe them diligently with all your heart and with all your soul.(A)

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Follow the Lord’s Commands

16 The Lord your God commands you this day to follow these decrees and laws; carefully observe them with all your heart and with all your soul.(A)

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28 And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he is revealed we may have confidence and not be put to shame before him at his coming.(A)

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God’s Children and Sin

28 And now, dear children,(A) continue in him, so that when he appears(B) we may be confident(C) and unashamed before him at his coming.(D)

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The Postponement of Paul’s Visit

12 Indeed, this is our boast, the testimony of our conscience: we have behaved in the world with holiness[a] and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God—and all the more toward you.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 1.12 Other ancient authorities read simplicity

Paul’s Change of Plans

12 Now this is our boast: Our conscience(A) testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity[a](B) and godly sincerity.(C) We have done so, relying not on worldly wisdom(D) but on God’s grace.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 1:12 Many manuscripts holiness

47 When Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, he said of him, “Here is truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!”(A)

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47 When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here truly is an Israelite(A) in whom there is no deceit.”(B)

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14 He did evil, for he did not set his heart to seek the Lord.(A)

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14 He did evil because he had not set his heart on seeking the Lord.

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23 Keep your heart with all vigilance,
    for from it flow the springs of life.(A)

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23 Above all else, guard(A) your heart,
    for everything you do flows from it.(B)

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Then I shall not be put to shame,
    having my eyes fixed on all your commandments.(A)

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Then I would not be put to shame(A)
    when I consider all your commands.(B)

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Happy are those to whom the Lord imputes no iniquity
    and in whose spirit there is no deceit.(A)

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Blessed is the one
    whose sin the Lord does not count against them(A)
    and in whose spirit is no deceit.(B)

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I will take you out of it and give you over to the hands of foreigners and execute judgments upon you.(A)

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I will drive you out of the city and deliver you into the hands(A) of foreigners and inflict punishment on you.(B)

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21 May integrity and uprightness preserve me,
    for I wait for you.(A)

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21 May integrity(A) and uprightness(B) protect me,
    because my hope, Lord,[a] is in you.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 25:21 Septuagint; Hebrew does not have Lord.

O my God, in you I trust;
    do not let me be put to shame;
    do not let my enemies exult over me.(A)
Do not let those who wait for you be put to shame;
    let them be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.(B)

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I trust in you;(A)
    do not let me be put to shame,
    nor let my enemies triumph over me.
No one who hopes in you
    will ever be put to shame,(B)
but shame will come on those
    who are treacherous(C) without cause.

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20 Hezekiah did this throughout all Judah; he did what was good and right and faithful before the Lord his God.(A) 21 And every work that he undertook in the service of the house of God and in accordance with the law and the commandments, to seek his God, he did with all his heart, and he prospered.

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20 This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah, doing what was good and right and faithful(A) before the Lord his God. 21 In everything that he undertook in the service of God’s temple and in obedience to the law and the commands, he sought his God and worked wholeheartedly. And so he prospered.(B)

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